Textual Grammar for Higher Secondary Exam ‘On Killing a Tree’

Download textual grammar for Higher Secondary Exam ‘On Killing a Tree’ for H.S. (w.b.c.h.s.e.) preparation. The poem On Killing a Tree by Gieve Patel. Prepare textual grammar of the poem on killing a tree.

Textual Grammar for Higher Secondary Exam ‘On Killing a Tree’

Textual Grammar for Higher Secondary Exam ‘On Killing a Tree’:

B. Change the Voice
1. It takes much time to kill a tree.
2. The knife will do it.
3. It is absorbing years of sunlight, air, water.
4. This alone won’t do it.
5. The ground will rise curled green twigs.
6. The root is to be pulled out.
7. Then it is done.

C Transform the following sentences as directed;
1. It takes much time to kill a tree. (Negative)
2. Not a simple jab of the knife will do it. (Affirmative)
3. It has grown slowly consuming the earth. (Compound)
4. And out of its leprous hide. (Use Noun form)
5. The bleeding bark will heal. (Complex)
6. Miniature boughs which if unchecked will expand again. (Simple)
7. This is the most sensitive part. (Comparative degree)
D. Join the following sentences into a single one:
1. It takes much time. Someone wants to kill the tree.
2. This alone won’t do it. Not so much pain will do it.
3. The bleeding bark will heal. It will heal from close to the ground.
4. It is snapped out. It is pulled out entirely.
5. Then the matter comes. The matter is of scorching and choking.
E. Split the following sentences:
1. It takes much time to kill a tree.
2. It has grown slowly consuming the earth.
3. Out of its leprous hide sprouting leaves.
4. The bleeding bark will heal.
5. From close to the ground will rise curled green twigs.
6. The root is to be pulled out—out of the anchoring earth.
7. The most sensitive, hidden for years inside the earth.
8. Then the matter of scorching and choking.

Answers of the Textual Grammar for Higher Secondary Exam ‘On Killing a Tree’:

B
1. Much time is taken to kill a tree by it.
2. It will be done by the knife.
3. Years of sunlight, air, water is being absorbed by it.
4. It won’t be done by this alone.
5. Curled green twigs will be risen from the ground.
6. Someone is to pull out the root.
7. Nature does it then.
C
1. It does not take less time to kill a tree.
2. A simple jab of the knife will be unable to do it.
3. It has consumed the earth and has grown slowly.
4. And out of its hide like leprosy.
5. The bark which is bleeding will heal.
6. Unchecked miniature boughs will expand again.
7. This part is more sensitive than any other part.
D
1. It takes much time if someone wants to kill the tree.
2. Neither this alone nor so much pain will do it.
3. The bleeding bark will heal from close to the ground.
4. It is snapped out or pulled out entirely.
5. Then the matter is of scorching and choking.
E
1. Someone wants to kill a tree. It takes much time.
2. It has consumed the earth. It has grown slowly.
3. It sprouts leaves. It is out of leprous hide.
4. The bark is bleeding. It will heal.
5. Curled green twigs will rise. It will rise from close to the ground.
6. The root is to be pulled out. It will be pulled out from the anchoring earth.
7. The part is most sensitive. It is hidden for years inside the earth.
8. Then the matter comes. It is of scorching and choking.